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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Fraud email example:

From: "mrsdeborah kabila" <mrsdeborahfamily@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrsdeborahfamily1@yahoo.it
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 00:56:27 +0000
Subject: RE:HOW ARE YOU DOING?

Hello,

RE save our soul.
 
I am Mrs. Deborah Kabila, one of the wives of Late
President Laurent D. Kabila of Democratic Republic of
Congo (DRC).

Consequent upon the assassination of my husband, I am
in possession of USD 58,000,000 (Fifty Eight  Million
US Dollars Only) being funds secured by my late
husband for his personal use, which is in my care.
This fund has since been deposited in a security
company in ( GHANA)It is now my intention to move
the said fund out of the security company for immediate
 investment for the benefit of i and my children.

Based on this I solicited for your assistance to
enable me move this money out of the security company.
However, note that my children and I have agreed to
give you 15% of the total fund if you can accept the
offer of assisting us. Also it will be your
responsibility in directing us on a viable business.
It is also my intention to relocate and probably take
a temporarily resident in your country untill
all the troubles in my country will be resolved. We
advised that you look for a house we will buy as soon
as we arrived.

To conclude this transaction, you will be required to
travel to (GHANA) to open an account in any bank there
in GHANA where the security company will deposit the
total sum in your favor. From this bank the money will
be remitted into your original bank in your country.
Immediately this is done, i and my children will
depart Togo to your country, where we are expected to
take a temporary resident.
 
Please note that I can not do this transaction on my
own as i dont have the contacts and also considering
my position here, because My late husband's first
son-JOSEPH-who took over power in our country, don't
want to see me and my children, He claimed that when
our husband was alive, that I was very close to him
than any other of his wives including his (Joseph)
mother. And due to this closeness he claimed that I
was able to get things from him more than others. As a
result he has been monitoring me.
 
Infact this is one of the main reasons I took my
children out of our country to a nearby country (Togo)
where we are now.
I will be expecting to hear from you.
Thanking you in advance.
Yours faithfully,
Deborah Kabila (Mrs.)
N/B:I do not understand english, my son speaks and
writes for me, do excuse me for that. Kindly give me your direct
telephone number for more explanations.

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